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Grand Bacolet

Grenada | St Andrew

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Associated People (5)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1775 [SY] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
James Trecothick née Ivers
- 1775 [EY] → Owner
Barlow Trecothick
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
John McWilliam
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
William Mitchell attorney in Grenada
1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
Richard Steele

Associated Claims (1)

Grenada 754 (Grand Bacolet)
£6,412 11S 5D

Notes

An estate in Grenada in the quartier du Grand Marquis and the parish of St. Andrew, identified as lot 83 in Daniel Paterson's Topographical Description of the Island of Grenada (1780).

Estate Information (8)

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1763
[Name] [no name given]  
[Size] 223  
[Crop] sugar  
 

In 1763, the estate was 223 acres, of which 156 was under cultivation. The estate was growing sugarcane. Proprietor given as Delpeck.

 
'A topographical description of the Island of Grenada; surveyed by Monsieur Pinel in 1763... with the addition of English names, alterations of property, and other improvements to the present time' (1780), British Library Maps K. Top.123.112.b-e
1782
[Name] [no name given]  
[Size] 713  
[Crop] sugar  
 

In 1780-1782, the estate comprised 713 acres, cultivating sugarcane with a watermill. Proprietor given as Trecothick, Esq.

 
'A topographical description of the Island of Grenada; surveyed by Monsieur Pinel in 1763... with the addition of English names, alterations of property, and other improvements to the present time' (1780), British Library Maps K. Top.123.112.b-e
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 230(Tot) 118(F) 112(M)  
[Name] Grand Bacolet  
 

In lawful possession of William Mitchell and John McWilliam, attorneys for James Trecothick Esquire.

 
T71/267 41-46
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 242(Tot) 122(F) 120(M)  
[Name] Grand Bacolet Estate  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of William Mitchell and John McWilliam, positions not recorded.

 
T71/274 211-212
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 243(Tot) 120(F) 123(M)  
[Name] Grand Bacolet Estate  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of John McWilliam as Attorney to James Trecothick Esq, the Proprietor.

 
T71/285 147
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 242(Tot) 124(F) 118(M)  
[Name] Grand Bacolet Estate  
 

In the possession of Richard Steele Esquire attorney for James Trecothick proprietor.

 
T71/299 207-208
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 247(Tot) 124(F) 123(M)  
[Name] Grand Bacolet Estate  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of Richard Steele as Attorney of James Trecothick Esq.

 
T71/311 324-325
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 254(Tot) 128(F) 126(M)  
[Name] Grand Bacolet Estate  
 

In the lawful possession of Richard Steele as the attorney of James Trecothick Esquire.

 
T71/317 311-312